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Snapshots: The world in 24 hours, June 11, 2011
Updated: 2011-06-12 15:14
(Agencies)
A man pushes a woman on a wheelchair as they arrive at Lidice Memorial to pay their respect during a remembrance ceremony honouring the 69th anniversary of the destruction of Lidice village by Germans, in Lidice June 11, 2011. In 1942, German troops destroyed the village of Lidice in retaliation for the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, Nazi "protector" of Bohemia and Moravia, by Czech resistance fighters. [Photo/Agencies] |
Onlookers try to get a better view of the Trooping the Colour ceremony in central London June 11, 2011. Trooping the Colour is a ceremony to honour the sovereign's official birthday. [Photo/Agencies] |
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